Profile
| Name | Daisuke Yonetoku |
| Title | Professor |
| Special Subject | High Energy Astrophysics Observational Cosmology with Gamma-Ray Bursts Development of Instruments aboard Satellite Probing Early Universe with Optical/Near Infrared Telescope |
| Address (Office) |
College of Science and Engineering, School of Mathematics and Physics, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan |
| TEL | +81-76-264-5672 |
| FAX | +81-76-264-6055 |
| yonetoku_at_astro.s.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (replace _at_ to @) | |
| Papers & Reports | see here  |
Curriculum Vitae (PDF )
| Year | Month | Curriculum Vitae |
| 1996 | Apr. | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dep. of Physics, Faculty of Science |
| 1999 | Mar. | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dep. of Physics, Faculty of Science Leave College before graduation (for skip grade) |
| 1999 | 2001 |
Apr. | Mar. |
Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Science and Engineering, Physics (Particle-, Nuclear- and Astro-Physics) Master Course |
| 2001 | 2002 |
Apr. | Mar. |
Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Science and Engineering, Physics (Particle-, Nuclear- and Astro-Physics) Doctoral Course (Leave College before graduation to be Assistant Prof.) |
| 2002 | Apr. | Assistant Prof. at Kanazawa Univ. |
| 2004 | Dec. | PhD (Science) from Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Science and Engineering "The Spectral Property of Gamma-Ray Bursts and GRB Formation Rate in the Early Universe" |
| 2012 | Apr. | Associate Prof. at Kanazawa Univ. |
| 2016 | Jan. | Prof. at Kanazawa Univ. |
Awards
| Year | Month | Awards |
| 2007 | Sep. | Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan Gamma-Ray Burst Formation Rate inferred from the Spectral Peak Energy - Luminosity Relation, Astrophysical J.609; 935-951(2004) http://div.jps.or.jp/wakate.html (Japanese) |
| 2009 | Apr. | Prizes for Science and Technology (The Young Scientistsf Prize) Discovery of the "Yonetoku Correlation" in Gamma-Ray Bursts and Its Application for Cosmology http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/houdou/21/04/1259919.htm (Japanese) |
| 2011 | Nov. | Hokkoku Cultural Award |
Research and Project
| Year | Month | Project |
| 1999 | Apr. | Astro-E satellite Hard X-ray Detector (PIN Silicon Semi-Con. Devices) |
| 2000 | - | Astro-E2 satellite Hard X-ray Detector (PIN Silicon Semi-Con. Devices) |
| 2002 | Apr. | Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Scientific Research (A) No. 14204024 "The Most Distant Gamma-Ray Burst and First Star" |
| 2003 | Apr. | Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Young Scientists (B) No. 15740149 "Development of Near-Infrared Dispersion Optics to Measure the Redshift of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Early Universe" |
| 2006 | Apr. | Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Young Scientists (S) No. 18684007 "Development of Proto-Flight Model of Gamma-Ray Polarimeter aboard the Solar Power Sail" |
| 2007 | Apr. | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority
Areas "Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Optical/Near-infrared Afterglow of Gamma-Ray Bursts" Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas "Distance Indicator of Gamma-Ray Bursts" Measurement of Cosmological Parameters with high-redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts (Dark Energy and Dark Matter in the Early Universe) |
| 2007 | July | Gamma-Ray Burst Polarimeter (GAP) was selected to install aboard the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator IKAROS "Systematic Studies of GRBs with the Swift Satellite" at NASA(GSFC) |
| 2008 | Apr. | Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Young Scientists (S) No. 20674002 "Polarization Measurement aboard the Satellite and Solution of the Emission Mechanism of the Gamma-Ray Bursts" Development of GAP Proto-Flight Model |
| 2009 | Jan. | Development of GAP Flight Model |
| 2010 | May | Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator (IKAROS) was successfully launched. (2010/05/21 06:58:22 (JST) by 17th H-IIA rocket |
| 2010 | June | GAP Observation Start (The first detection is GRB100707A) |
| 2011 | Sep. | Press Release in Astronomical Society of Japan The detection of gamma-ray polarization from prompt emission of GRB |
| 2012 | Jan. | HiZ-GUNDAM working group was proposed High-z Gamma-ray bursts for Unraveling the Dark Ages Mission |
| 2012 | Apr. | HiZ-GUNDAM working group was established |